As is the tradition, the PCI –Data Security Council (PCI-DSC) constantly changes regulations to keep up with an ever evolving cat and mouse game to protect credit card information from criminals and hackers. The latest change requires that a QIR -Implementation Statement be completed every time a retailer implements or changes their PA-DSS credit card […]
Are your customers ready for EMV?
For all the talk about security, mandates, and liability surrounding the internal changes retailers need to make to support chip cards and mobile wallets, perhaps the most important challenge retailers will face will be in communicating these changes to their customers. Is your staff ready to help customers learn to use these technologies? The EMV […]
EMV Solution is Certified
We are happy to announce that our credit card processing partners are now certified to process EMV transactions using Chip and Signature technologies. As Justin Ziegler says in this press release: “Mercury has been very aggressive in assisting the integration channel to deliver a full suite of payment security options to their merchant base, including […]
EMV – The Little “Mandate” that could
The nearer we get to the October 2015 EMV “Mandate” the harder the little engine works at convincing retailers to react without clearly identifying what the EMV mandate means and its implications. We are being inundated with disinformation and poor reporting on the subject and need to shed some light on the details to get […]
2014 Client Conference Recap
We had a great time this week hosting the 2014 Smyth Retail Client Conference! It was fun to see so many old friends and put new faces on other friends. While we walked away with many great new ideas, there are a few that stand out. Steve Pruitt, with Blacks Retail did a great job […]
